Meyersdale students at Somerset Exchange Club

January 21, 2013

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Somerset Exchange Club students of the month from Meyersdale Area High School are Courtney Brant and Alyson Poorbaugh.

Courtney is the daughter of Mark and Shannon Brant and has two brothers Cole and Casey. Her school activities include president of the Meyersdale FFA Chapter, vice president of the Somerset County FFA, vice president of National Honor Society, A-Average Club, PSAT/SAT 1,000+ Club, student council, French Club, scholastic quiz, Raider Review newspaper, varsity cheerleading and she is a student tutor. She is enrolled in the pre-college accelerated program.

Brant has competed in public speaking contests and the parliamentary procedure team through FFA for four years. She has served as the 2011-2012 Somerset County Dairy Princess and Pennsylvania Alternate Dairy Princess. She is a finalist for the 2013 Pennsylvania Maple Queen contest and will be competing in March. She volunteers at the Pennsylvania Maple Festival and the Somerset County Fair.

She will be attending Shippensburg University to major in human communication studies after graduation.

Alyson Poorbaugh is the granddaughter of Charles B. McKenzie. She is a senior at Meyersdale and a member of the marching band, concert band, science club, Scholastic Quiz and National Honor Society. She is captain of the silks color guard squad, news editor of the school newspaper The Raider Review, and president of the French club.

After graduation, Poorbaugh plans to attend Frostburg State University or Shippensburg University to earn a degree in elementary education with a concentration in speech therapy or mathematics.